Dubai Islamic Bank, the UAE’s largest shariah compliant bank, was named the ‘Strongest Islamic Retail Bank’ in the UAE at the recently held Islamic Retail Banking Awards.
Organised by Cambridge IF Analytica, the

Retail banks have the potential to realize $405.3 billion from 2015 to 2017 as the Digital Value at Stake (VaS), a report said, adding that key digital solutions drive more than 90 per cent of the value for retail banks.
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While the current account penetration in Saudi Arabia’s retail banking sector is high at 98 per cent, only 25 per cent of consumer banking customers have a personal loan, Morgan Stanley said in a research paper.
The low use

Standard Chartered will shift its retail bank's focus from mass market to affluent customers and urge more customers online as part of a broader turnaround strategy for the lender, a senior executive told Reuters.
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The global Islamic finance industry is estimated to be worth $1.3 trillion and is growing at a rate of between 15 per cent and 20 per cent per year. However, growth comes at a cost. Many Islamic banks haven’t had the time to develop a true

Bahrain Association of Banks (BAB) has announced the release of 'The Handbook of Retail Banking,' billed as an essential guide to the retail banking industry in Bahrain.
The handbook takes a practical look at retail bankin

United Arab Bank (UAB), a leading bank in the UAE, has appointed Tony Graham as head of Retail Banking.
Graham has over 15 years’ experience as an international banker. Prior to his appointment, he was head of Contact Centre

Barclays has decided to sell its retail banking operations in the United Arab Emirates after conducting a review of the business, the British lender said on Tuesday.
The potential sale may impact up to 280 employees, a source fami

HSBC Holdings will stop offering wealth management products in Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon as the British lender continues to exit small or insufficiently profitable operations globally as part of a strategic review, the bank said.

Bahrain-based Gulf International Bank (GIB), one of the longest established financial institutions in the kingdom, has unveiled plans to expand across the region by launching a retail banking network.
The investment bank plans to